Mycorrhizal networks, Group Leader of @UnderstandEvo @Naturalis_Sci, Associate Prof. @IBED_UvA, Co-founder of @BINCOnpo, Science board of @diploidgenomics
Leiden, Netherlands
Joined October 2013
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Daisies in isolation 🌼🌻🏝️
Asteraceae is the most diverse plant family on oceanic islands and home to many spectacular island radiations. We explore the macroecology, drivers of diversity, and id many undiscovered radiations.
📰Paper in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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➡️Our new🪳🦟🐛🌱🍃SPECIES INTERACTION NETWORK critique & analysis tips! Let's debate & let us know if you disagree! Ask for PDF via [email protected]
A Critical Evaluation of #Network Approaches for Studying Species #Interactions | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/4fph7q0
Vincent Merckx retweeted
Excited to share the first manuscript 👇 of PhD candidate Kostas Georgopoulos @SilvaNova_NNF showing that root nodule density in alder trees decreases with increasing age of forest plantations. 🌳
@LeidenBiology @novonordiskfond
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Vincent Merckx retweeted
Plenary Session 1️⃣ continues with our Keynote Speakers and Lightning Talk Presenters.
Join us in the Hall A at 11:45 and don’t miss it out!
@mycorrhiza_ims
The @ERC_Research MIXOTROPH team in full force, mapping mycorrhizal interactions in tropical forests 🌳 🍄
📢Two tenure-track researcher positions are available in our institute! ✨🧬🔬
More information: naturalis.nl/en/about-us/job…
📢 Voor het bouwen van de nieuwe eDentity infrastructuur zijn we nu op zoek naar een ervaren Programma Manager! Wil jij een sleutelrol spelen bij het opzetten en operationaliseren van deze onderzoeksinfrastructuur?
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🔥🔥🔥A leap forward for biodiversity monitoring in the Netherlands!!!
I am proud to announce that under my lead @Naturalis_Sci was awarded 18.5M€ to build a large DNA metabarcoding facility for rapid identification and monitoring of biodiversity (1/6)
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Vincent Merckx retweeted
📢 Announcing our latest SPECIAL ISSUE!
Mycorrhizal research now: from the micro- to the macro-scale
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🍄 The #mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers
🍄 Microbe-dependent and independent nutrient acquisition
🍄 The #hyphosphere core #microbiome
ALT Cover of New Phytologist 242:2. View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.
Vincent Merckx retweeted
Plant communication encompasses both aboveground and belowground interactions.
A new #SciencePerspective argues for more research on what happens belowground, which has thus far received less exploration. scim.ag/6II
Vincent Merckx retweeted
New Perspective: "Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web" rdcu.be/dFvnV
"The prevalence and potential functions of common mycorrhizal networks have been increasingly capturing the interest of science and society, sometimes leading to hyperbole and misinterpretation."
Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants
nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
A short 🧵👇
Vincent Merckx retweeted
Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?
theguardian.com/environment/…
Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants
nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
A short 🧵👇
We believe that the autotrophy–mycoheterotrophy continuum of mycorrhizal plants provides a functional framework to address this important question, and will help to advance the debate in a constructive manner 🌳🍄
That's it! Thanks to @SofiaIFGomes, @DeyiWang4, Cas Verbeek, Hans Jacquemyn, Franziska Zahn, Gerhard Gebauer, and Martin Bidartondo @IBED_UvA @LeidenBiology @kuleuven_fwet @unibt @imperialcollege @KewScience